A frosty start, then warming into the 50’s and sun throughout. A great day to be visiting the game lands. Many Jays in the air, some eating acorns of which there seem to be a lot this year, my first decent sized robin flock of the season and a nice sprinkling of warblers (see below, photo of an accomodating Bay breasted). A single kestrel and an adult Bald eagle were also good to see. Doug >
> Sandy Mush Game Land, Buncombe, US-NC > Oct 5, 2014 8:35 AM - 12:05 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 3.0 mile(s) > Comments: 31 to 53F, light breeze, sun > 40 species (+3 other taxa) > > Turkey Vulture 9 > Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 > Bald Eagle 1 > Red-tailed Hawk 1 > hawk sp. 2 > Mourning Dove 17 > Chimney Swift 10 > Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 > Downy Woodpecker 2 > Northern Flicker 3 > Pileated Woodpecker 5 > American Kestrel 1 > Eastern Phoebe 2 > Blue Jay 48 > American Crow 18 > Common Raven 2 > Carolina Chickadee 6 > Tufted Titmouse 3 > Carolina Wren 5 > Eastern Bluebird 2 > American Robin 34 > Brown Thrasher 2 > Northern Mockingbird 6 > European Starling 32 > Cedar Waxwing 31 > Tennessee Warbler 1 > Cape May Warbler 1 > Magnolia Warbler 1 > Bay-breasted Warbler 1 > Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 > Palm Warbler 1 > warbler sp. 3 > Eastern Towhee 2 > Chipping Sparrow 2 > Field Sparrow 3 > Song Sparrow 1 > sparrow sp. 7 > Scarlet Tanager 1 > Northern Cardinal 15 > Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5 > Indigo Bunting 4 > Eastern Meadowlark 5 > > View this checklist online at > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20036597 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)